Saturday, September 02, 2006

Game 136: Pirates at Cardinals

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Chacon and Weaver, 7:15pm.

Rare!! One of a kind!! Superbowl t-shirts

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Mark sends us the link to this interesting item on Craigslist . ...post was deleted by the author. on the seattle craigslist, dude was selli...
Friday, September 01, 2006

That starter we need

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So the Oswalt contract looks to drive up the price of top-notch starting pitching. Hard to see how this would help the Pirates' quest fo...

Game 135: Pirates at Cardinals

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Duke and what's-his-name tonight at 8. Duke's 5.01 ERA has been a big surprise for me. ERAs are up across the board this year, or so...

Steve Novotney speaks

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So I head over to OnlyBucs this afternoon and find this interview with Steve Novotney. Good reading. He always had a different perspective ...

Burnitz and Randa

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They hang out together, Paul Meyer reports . I wonder what they talk about. I picture them laughing hysterically, throwing huge piles of cas...

DK Q+A

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Dejan answers questions and admits he'll be "surprised and impressed" if the Bucs avoid losing 100.

Hidden vigorish

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Pat at WHYGAVS breaks down the second half stats and concludes that the Bucs haven't really been playing that much better, but have bee...
Thursday, August 31, 2006

7 days

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Like Rowdy, I intentionally ignore the largely meaningless NFL preseason. This year, however, with the final preseason game being tonight an...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Game 134: Cubs at Pirates

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Underway. Santos provided three runs to the Cubs in the top of the first. Chris Duffy leads off with an infield single and takes another bas...

DL to be fired?

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Or so hints Perrotto . DK has recently implied otherwise . Perrotto doesn't name his source for this rumor, but let's just pretend t...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Game 133: Cubs at Pirates

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Zambrano and Maholm starting now. The Bucs try to avoid clinching consecutive losing season #14 on Pup Night: "For 20 dollars, you and ...
Monday, August 28, 2006

Snell a 12-game winner

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The Pirates' last 12-game winner was Oliver Perez in 2004. FWIW, the most recent Pirate seasons with 13 wins or more belong to Jason Sch...

Gonzo, Gorzo to DL

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Bayliss and some other guys called up .

Game 132: Cubs at Pirates

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Angel Guzman and Honest Wagner favorite Ian Snell at seven. Don't pitch like a little girl, Ian. ... uh-oh, rain .

Plenty of money

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Dejan Kovacevic reports for the Post-Gazette that the Pirates failed to set a four-game attendance record (Shawn Chacon + rain = 19K fans)....
Sunday, August 27, 2006

Game 131: Astros at Pirates

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The season is truly winding down in Pittsburgh. Young Jason Hirsch and Shawn Chacon at 1:35pm. The sight of a rookie starter would have me o...

"Let them watch fireworks"

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Bob Smizik looks into futurity .

McCutchen hits at AA

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Dejan Kovacevic records McCutchen's performance for Altoona . Are you watching, Leeeny? At 19 years, 10 months, McCutchen is the younges...

5-7-3

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Casey grounds out to left field, and other stuff in Paul Meyer's Sunday funnies .